Coolpix L10, L11 and L12 L-series Entry-level Digital Cameras unveiled by Nikon

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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 | Related entries: Gadgets

Nikon Coolpix L10, L11 and L12 Digital Cameras

Nikon has just unveiled three new digital cameras as part of its Coolpix L-series, just in time for the Spring 2007 Photo Marketing Association tradeshow. It is interesting to know that the ‘L’ in Nikon’s latest L-series stands for “Life”. The three cameras that form the Nikon L-series are the L10, L11, and L12.

The Nikon Coolpix L10 is a five mega pixel digital camera; the Coolpix L11, a six mega pixel digital camera, and the Coolpix L12 a seven mega pixel digital camera. All the three Nikon Coolpix digital cameras feature Nikkor-branded 3x optical zoom lenses.

All the three Nikon Coolpix digital cameras feature a stylish, compact, yet understated design. The Nikon Coolpix L10 digital camera has a 2.0” display with a resolution of 153,000 pixels. The Coolpix L11 digital camera has a larger but lower-resolution display that measures 2.4” with a 115,000 pixel display. The Nikon Coolpix L12 digital camera is worth its price, in the sense that it has a larger 2.5” display with the same resolution as the Coolpix L11.

In the Nikon L-series line of digital cameras, the Coolpix L12 seems to be the one that has brilliant features, for this camera features Nikon’s lens-shift VR (Vibration Reduction) technology. This feature is not found in the Nikon Coolpix L10 and L11 digital cameras. Secondly, the Coolpix L12 offers a wider sensitivity range, even though this camera has the highest resolution imager out of the three cameras.

The L12 digital camera also has an ISO sensitivity range of 50-1600. On the other hand, the Coolpix L10 and the L11 digital cameras offer a much narrower ISO 64-800 range.

Coming to the memory capacities of the Nikon L-series digital cameras, it can be said that once again the L12 digital camera leads the group with a 21MB built-in storage. The Coolpix L10 and the L11 digital cameras both feature 7MB of storage capacity.

For extra storage, the Nikon L-series L10, L11 and L12 digital cameras feature Secure Digital/Multimedia Card slots. Besides, the three L-series cameras have USB and NTSC/PAL video connectivity. The L10, L11 and L12 digital cameras all draw power from two standard AA batteries, with alkaline disposables which come bundled with the cameras.

The Nikon Coolpix L10, Coolpix L11 and Coolpix L12 digital cameras will begin shipping from March 2007 onwards for a price of $120, $150 and $200 respectively.

Specifications of the Nikon Coolpix L10 digital camera:

Camera Type: Ultra Compact

Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.4 x 1.0″
89.5 x 60.5 x 26.0mm

Weight: 115.0 g

Sensor Type: 1/2.5″ CCD
5.05 megapixels (total)
5.00 megapixels (effective)

Image Dimensions: 2560 x 1920 (4.9 megapixels)
2048 x 1536 (3.1 megapixels)
1024 x 768 (0.8 megapixels)
640 x 480 (0.3 megapixels)

Image Quality: 2 levels

Viewfinder: No

LCD: 2.0″, 153,000 pixels

Lens Type: Zoom-Nikkor
3x optical zoom

Image Stabilization: No

Focal Length: 6.2 - 18.6mm (actual)
38 - 113mm (35mm equivalent)

Aperture Range: f/2.8 (wide) / f/5.2

Focusing System: Contrast Detect, includes Face Priority AF with AF assist lamp

Focusing Range: Normal: 16″ - infinity (40 cm - infinity)
Macro: 6.1″ - infinity (15.0 cm - infinity)

ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 64-800

White Balance: Image Sensor

Internal Flash-
Modes: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Anytime flash, Flash cancel, and Slow sync

Range: 1 ft. 4 in.?9 ft. 10 in. / 0.4-3.0m (W), 1 ft. 4 in.?8 ft. 2 in. / 0.4-2.5m (T)

Scene Modes: Portrait, Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show, Close Up, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist

Digital Zoom: up to 4x

Self Timer: Yes, 10 seconds

Movie Format: QuickTime with audio

Recording Medium: SD/MMC, Built-in

File System: Complies with Design Rule for Camera File System ( DCF)

File Format: JPEG (EXIF 2.2)

Video Connectivity: Yes, NTSC / PAL switchable

Computer Connectivity: USB 1.1

Battery Type: Alkaline, Lithium disposables; NiMH rechargeables

Battery Form Factor: 2 x AA

Product Bundle- Software: PictureProject
Battery / Charger: 2 x AA Alkaline disposables battery
Flash Memory: 7.0MB Internal

Internal Microphone: Yes

Internal Speaker: Yes

Specifications of the Nikon Coolpix L11 digital camera:

Camera Type: Ultra Compact

Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.4 x 1.1″
89.5 x 60.5 x 27.0mm

Weight: 125.0 g

Sensor Type: 1/2.5″ CCD
5.05 megapixels (total)
5.00 megapixels (effective)

Image Dimensions: 2816 x 2112 (5.9 megapixels)
2048 x 1535 (3.1 megapixels)
1024 x 768 (0.8 megapixels)
640 x 480 (0.3 megapixels)

Image Quality: 2 levels

LCD: 2.4″, 115,000 pixels

Lens Type: Zoom-Nikkor
3x optical zoom

Image Stabilization: No

Focal Length: 6.2 - 18.6mm (actual)

38 - 113mm (35mm equivalent)

Aperture Range: f/2.8 (wide) / f/5.2

Focusing System: Contrast Detect, includes Face Priority AF with AF assist lamp

Focusing Range- Normal: 16″ - infinity (40 cm - infinity)

Macro: 6.1″ - infinity (15.0 cm - infinity)

ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 64-800

White Balance: Image Sensor

Internal Flash Modes: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Anytime flash, Flash cancel, and Slow sync
Range: 1 ft. 4 in.?9 ft. 10 in. / 0.4-3.0m (W), 1 ft. 4 in.?8 ft. 2 in. / 0.4-2.5m (T)

Scene Modes: Portrait, Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show, Close Up, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist

Digital Zoom: up to 4x

Self Timer: Yes, 10 seconds

Movie Format: QuickTime with audio

Recording Medium: SD/MMC, Built-in

File System: Complies with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)

File Format: JPEG (EXIF 2.2)

Video Connectivity: Yes, NTSC / PAL switchable

Computer Connectivity: USB 1.1

Battery Type: Alkaline, Lithium disposables; NiMH rechargeables

Battery Form Factor: 2 x AA

Software: PictureProject

Battery / Charger: 2 x AA Alkaline disposables battery

Flash Memory: 7.0MB Internal

Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) compliant: Yes

PictBridge Compliant: Yes

Internal Microphone: Yes

Internal Speaker: Yes

Specifications of the Nikon Coolpix L12 digital camera:

Camera Type: Ultra Compact

Dimensions: 3.6 x 2.4 x 1.0″
91.0 x 61.0 x 26.0mm

Weight: 125.0 g

Sensor Type: 1/2.5″ CCD
7.41 megapixels (total)
7.10 megapixels (effective)

Image Dimensions: 3072 x 2304 (7.1 megapixels)
2048 x 1536 (3.1 megapixels)
1024 x 768 (0.8 megapixels)
640 x 480 (0.3 megapixels)

Image Quality: 2 levels

Viewfinder: No

LCD: 2.5″, 115,000 pixels

Lens Type: Zoom-Nikkor
3x optical zoom

Image Stabilization: Yes

Focal Length: 5.7 - 17.1mm (actual)
35 - 105mm (35mm equivalent)

Focusing System: Contrast Detect, includes Face Priority AF with AF assist lamp

Focusing Range- Normal: 20″ - infinity (50 cm - infinity)
Macro: 2.0″ - infinity (5.0 cm - infinity)

ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 50-1600

White Balance: Image Sensor

Internal Flash Modes: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Anytime flash, Flash cancel, and Slow sync
Range: 1 ft. 8 in. 26 ft. 3 in. / 0.5 - 8.0m (W), 1 ft. 8 in. 14 ft. 9 in. / 0.5 - 4.5m (T)

Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist

Digital Zoom: up to 4x

Self Timer: Yes, 10 seconds

Movie Format: QuickTime with audio

Recording Medium: SD/MMC, Built-in

File System: Complies with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)

File Format: JPEG (EXIF 2.2)

Video Connectivity: Yes, NTSC / PAL switchable

Computer Connectivity: USB 1.1

Battery Type: Alkaline, Lithium disposables; NiMH rechargeables

Battery Form Factor: 2 x AA

Product Bundle: Software PictureProject

Battery / Charger 2 x AA Alkaline disposables battery